Lucas Morgan

Lucas Morgan (18 October 1775-22 August 1814) was a Colonel of the British Army who served in the War of 1812. Born in British Canada, he served as a commander of Anglo-Canadian forces during the war.

Biography
Lucas Morgan was born in 1775 in Quebec, British Canada to an Anglo-Canadian family. Morgan enlisted in the British Army in 1784 at the age of nine and served as a private in the armed forces stationed in Quebec, before he was later made the colonel of a regiment of British regular troops in Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, he commanded the British forces at the Battle of Hinchinbrooke, which was a defeat for the British army. Morgan continued fighting against the United States until his death from wounds received at the Battle of Chippewa in 1814.